The Department of State Services, DSS on Tuesday announced the arrest of one Abdulsalam Yunusa who has allegedly been recruiting fighters in Nigeria for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, formerly ISIS.
In a statement signed by Tony Opuiyo, the DSS said that Yunusa was arrested in Kano on January 17 while he was rounding off arrangements to take three Nigerians to an ISIL training camp in Libya.
“On January 17, 2016, one Abdussalam Enesi Yunusa, a recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was arrested in Kano. His arrest was sequel to available intelligence which indicated his terrorist antecedents and covert drive to indoctrinate and recruit susceptible youths in the country.
"Prior to his arrest, Yunusa had completed arrangements to embark on a journey to join an ISIS terrorist training camp in Libya, with other Nigerians whom he recruited for the ‘Islamic State’. These recruits include the trio of one Muhammed Rabi’u, Yahaya Momoh Jimon and Zainab Sunday (f). Yunusa is a 400 level undergraduate student of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, where he is studying for a degree in Information and Media Technology," the statement said.
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